Sabrinna was a sorceress from the same era as Yennefer.
They were similar in age, both exceptionally beautiful and talented, had participated in the Battle of Sodden Hill, and began serving as royal advisors at the same age.
Therefore, in sorceress circles, they were often compared as outstanding sorceresses, and precisely because of this, Sabrinna had always subtly and overtly competed with Yennefer, viewing her as a rival.
After the Thanedd Coup, the Brotherhood of Sorcerers suffered a severe blow.
Driven by Philippa of Redania, the Lodge of Sorceresses was established. Under the secret manipulation of these self-important, yet incompetent and playful sorceresses, war once again broke out between the Kingdoms of Kaedwen and Aedirn, simultaneously intensifying the human nobles' distrust of the sorcerer class.
Prince Maribor's assassination of Princess Adda was also pushed by Philippa, in order to incite internal strife in the Kingdom of Temeria.
As for their goal, it was laughable.
It was to establish a nation led by sorceresses, free of human nobles, with free magic, free trade, and spellcasters superior to all others.
Unfortunately, the sorcerers in The Witcher world had a major flaw.
That is, before reaching a high-level of power, they were severely restrained by dimeritium.
Even outstanding sorceresses like Triss, Yennefer, and Philippa would essentially become ordinary women, at the mercy of soldiers carrying dimeritium.
Sabrinna was such a woman, misled by Philippa, who used a Fourth-level spell in the war to indiscriminately slaughter soldiers, all to weaken the forces of Kaedwen and Aedirn.
When Guilliman approached the location of this sorceress's wraith, the first thing he saw was a charred corpse tied to a stake, as if burned at the stake.
That should be Sabrinna's corpse.
Burning witches, what an old tradition.
Before he could finish complaining, above the charred corpse, a terrifying wraith flickered into existence. Its skin was severely burned, flesh festering, clad in red, and even half of its face was skull-like.
She floated in the air, glaring fiercely at the approaching witcher with bloodshot eyes, her voice hoarse and low, as if from hell, roaring:
"Witcher! You are a witcher!"
"Did that bastard Henselt send you?"
"That despicable fellow, that foolish bastard, actually let soldiers ambush me, abuse me, and burn me to death."
"I curse him, he and his bloodline will surely be plagued by misfortune, for a thousand years, a hundred years, never to die a good death."
Sabrinna's wraith showed a pained expression, and with her venomous curses, the surrounding negative energy almost materialized and surged out.
Clearly, she harbored intense hatred for Henselt, the murderer who burned her to death.
Unfortunately, Guilliman felt no empathy upon hearing her curses, merely stating with an expressionless face:
"I was not sent by Henselt, Sabrinna."
"My name is Guilliman, you may have heard of me. Your feud with that fellow has nothing to do with me."
"If you want to kill him in the future, I can even help you."
"However, I'm here today only to subdue you, this wraith. As for other matters, I couldn't care less."
After speaking, Guilliman held the golden-glowing Aerondight in his right hand, and a fan-shaped blue metal shield of elven design appeared out of thin air in his left.
Without any hesitation, the witcher's figure suddenly vanished, and a short-distance blink brought him beside Sabrinna's wraith, his left hand smashing the shield hard.
The sorceress's wraith harbored deep resentment.
Words alone would certainly not make her surrender willingly; more talk was useless. It was better to defeat her first and then discuss other matters.
Facing Guilliman's sudden attack, Sabrinna's face became even more terrifying and ferocious.
Although she couldn't dodge in time, her mouth suddenly opened wide in an exaggerated manner, emitting an extremely sharp, ear-shattering, heart-crushing, and soul-shattering terrifying shriek.
Banshee's Wail!
This was the Banshee's Wail commonly mastered by high-level wraiths, extremely fast to activate and remarkably effective.
Unfortunately, this move would likely shatter the minds of ordinary people, killing them on the spot.
But Guilliman had been absorbing fragments of the elven navigator's soul recently, his mind constantly tempered, and he had developed good resistance to such soul-damaging attacks.
He was only dazed for less than half a second before recovering, and the blue metal shield in his hand mercilessly smashed into Sabrinna's wraith's head.
With a bang.
The sorceress's wraith shrieked, twisting her body into a black mist, and was directly sent flying.
A moment later, the black mist re-coalesced into its previous terrifying form, shouting with a mix of anger and surprise:
"This is dimeritium."
"Why can you still use teleportation spells while holding dimeritium?"
Guilliman had no intention of explaining to her, only wanting to beat her quickly and end the fight.
He blinked again, instantly appearing beside the sorceress's wraith, and continued to smash the dimeritium shield hard into her chest.
It was a pity that the sorceress was now in the ugly form of a wraith; otherwise, beating up a beauty and ruthlessly destroying a flower would actually be quite satisfying.
As for why he could use the blink ability while holding a dimeritium shield, it was because the Elder Blood was a special bloodline developed by the elves before they even arrived in The Witcher world, belonging to a different system from magic.
Its power level was higher than chaotic magic, and when used, it was completely unaffected by dimeritium, still usable at will.
Similarly, Guilliman's spatial storage ability worked on the same principle; its power level was much higher than dimeritium, so it would not be affected by it at all.
It could be said that as long as he held dimeritium equipment, except for Francesca and the elven sages, who were spellcasters with even higher power levels, the threat of spellcasters in The Witcher world to Guilliman had become negligible.
As long as he charged with the dimeritium shield, no spellcaster would be his match.
Unless the opponent's power level had broken through to that of a high-level sorcerer, capable of resisting the effects of dimeritium.
However, after holding the dimeritium shield, Guilliman's own Signs were also affected; the mutated organs in his body operated erratically, always giving him a very uncomfortable feeling.
This could be considered a double-edged sword.
Sabrinna's wraith obviously couldn't have anticipated this, and for a while, she couldn't think of any way to resist, only being constantly sent flying with a bewildered expression.
If it weren't for wanting to capture her alive, without using Aerondight, even as a wraith, she would have already been severely wounded.
As a sorceress, once she lost her spellcasting ability, she became pretty much like an ordinary wraith.
She simply had stronger internal energy and was a bit more resilient to beatings.
For several minutes, Guilliman continuously used blink and attacked relentlessly, giving the sorceress's wraith no chance to breathe.
Sabrinna was bewildered by the witcher's dimeritium shield charging at her face; her terrifying expression also became quite frustrated, like a bouncing ball being constantly batted around, making the scene quite comical.
However, as the core of this ghostly domain, with the immense negative energy supporting her, Sabrinna's wraith had other means.
When Guilliman was stepping on her body, pressing her to the ground and rubbing her, this wraith once again opened her mouth and let out a piercing, soul-shattering roar.
In an instant, on the ground around her, a dozen black holes appeared, seemingly connected to unknown places.
Then, various kinds of spectral monsters crawled out from the black holes around her.
There were battle spirits formed from soldiers' souls, ordinary specters, more powerful noonwraiths, and even huge battle spirits formed from officers and generals.
In a blink of an eye, dozens crawled out, seemingly transferred from other parts of this ghostly domain.
Unfortunately, this was not a fair fight.
Not only was Sabrinna's identity as a sorceress severely restrained by Guilliman's dimeritium shield, but even her role as the core of this ghostly domain was completely under Francesca's control.
Just as she summoned numerous spectral subordinates, intending to gang up on the witcher, Francesca's voice suddenly came from afar.
"You can start, Guilliman."
"I'm going to sever Sabrinna's connection with this ghostly domain."
"Whether to kill her or subdue her, it's up to you."
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